Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 208
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Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-0-7425-2680-8 • Hardback • October 2003 • $145.00 • (£112.00)
978-0-7425-2681-5 • Paperback • October 2003 • $49.00 • (£38.00)
978-0-7425-7703-9 • eBook • October 2003 • $46.50 • (£36.00)
Kevin Kawamoto has taught courses in digital media and computer-mediated communication at the university level and is a former technology studies manager at The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center. He currently works in health communication at a Seattle hospital.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Digital Journalism: Views from the Horizon
Chapter 3 The History of Online Journalism
Chapter 4 The Meanings and Implications of Convergence
Chapter 5 New Technology and News Flows: Journalism and Crisis Coverage
Chapter 6 Digital Photojournalism
Chapter 7 Satellites, the Internet, and Journalism
Chapter 8 Social Movements and the Net: Activist Journalism Goes Digital
Chapter 9 Digital Government and an Informatics of Governing: Remediating the Relationship between Citizens and their Government
Chapter 10 Online Medical Communication among Peers: The Net and Alternatives to Traditional Journalism
Chapter 11 Conclusion
Chapter 12 Multimedia Coverage: A Case Study and Exercise
A handful of other books have been written on this subject, but this very readable book is one of the few to give perspectives from such diverse areas of expertise. Highly recommended.
— Choice Reviews
A thought-provoking look at the roots of Web publishing, Digital Journalism demystifies the remarkable technology innovations that spawned instant global publishing and brought the world to our desktops. These essays provide stepping stones for classroom discussion by giving us the reporter's view from inside a torrent of change.
— Janice Castro, The Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
—Covers the history and evolution of digital journalism.
—Includes a compelling first-person account of international reporting by a photojournalist.
—Provides an excellent primer on the economic, technological, and sociologicalissues surrounding convergence.
—Includes a case study and student exercise analyzing a multimedia news web site.
—Serves as a sound basis for courses in online, digital, new media, or multimedia journalism, with timely stepping-off points for class discussion.
—Combines accessible, conversational writing styles with strong scholarship.